Weight of the World Quotes

“Sometimes it’s easier to talk to total strangers about the things going on in your life than the people you know.”
― Riley Hart, Weight of the World

“I hurt all the time. I hurt so much sometimes it's like I'm being eaten from the inside out. Like I walk around empty. I laugh where I'm supposed to and smile where I'm supposed to, but it's all a lie. I'm a good actor.”
― Riley Hart, Weight of the World

“Being your brother made me happy."
He rolls his eyes at me. "I’m talking about something that’s just for you. And it didn’t—make you happy. You love me. I know that. You probably love me too much, more than yourself, but being my brother didn’t make you happy. It made your life harder.”
― Devon McCormack, Weight of the World

“It’s amazing how I can mutter those words. How they can all make perfect sense in my head. How I know in my bones that Zack should live…but I don’t know the same thing about myself. That I can remind him of all the beautiful things in the world, but know that I can’t hold on any longer to see them myself.
But it’s true. I don’t have the energy to keep pretending—I want him to have the things that I’m not strong enough to fight for.”
― Devon McCormack, Weight of the World

“Tommy is my brother. My best friend. Like a father to me, yet he doesn’t know about the constant ache in my gut or the darkness in my brain.”
― Devon McCormack, Weight of the World

“as much as Rob laughed and smiled, he didn’t have his shit together”
― Devon McCormack, Weight of the World

“He had hope. Hope that life could be better. Hope that something could go his way. Hope that I lost for a while there. Hope that I found in my darkest of moments with the help of a stranger that couldn’t find that for himself.”
― Riley Hart, Weight of the World